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Article: Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts and Crises.(Book Review)
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- Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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by Veena Kukreja (New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage Publications, 2003, pp.348, 14.99 [pounds sterling] pb).
The nation state project is a complex of several processes which are set in motion by new states to gain control and authority over their populations. It refers to a set of obstacles to be surmounted and a pool of resources to work with for nation building. It includes consolidation of exclusive political-military control of the state over a certain territory, building up a defence structure to thwart external claims to such territory, the creation of political legitimacy, material welfare and a degree of cultural homogeneity. However, nation building ...
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